The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023)
- Original title
- 舞妓さんちのまかないさん
- Directed by
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 1 season, 9 episodes
- Rated
- TV-14
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 56 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenage girl moves from Aomori to Kyoto to become a maiko but finds her calling cooking instead. The series follows her daily life preparing meals for the other trainee geishas in the maiko house.
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What happens
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (舞妓さんちのまかないさん) is a Japanese television series based on the manga Kiyo in Kyoto about contemporary life in a geisha house. The series stars Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, and Aju Makita, and was released by Netflix on January 12, 2023. Hirokazu Kore-eda served as director, writer, and showrunner, The Makanai being his first time directing a Netflix production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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